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Akalim of Amirul Mumineen Maulana Ali (AS)

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Akalim of Amirul Mumineen Maulana Ali (AS)

Overeating And Gluttony

1. Be wary of gluttony, for whoever persists in it, his maladies increase and his dreams get corrupted.

1. Be wary of gluttony, for whoever persists in it, his maladies increase and his dreams get corrupted.

1 إيّاكَ وَ الْبِطْنَةَ، فَمَنْ لَزِمَها كَثُرَتْ أسْقامُهُ، وَ فَسَدَتْ أحْلامُهُ.

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2. Be wary of gluttony, for indeed it causes hardening of the heart, sluggishness in prayer and corruption of the body.

2. Be wary of gluttony, for indeed it causes hardening of the heart, sluggishness in prayer and corruption of the body.

2 إيّاكُمْ وَ الْبِطْنَةَ، فَإنَّها مِقْساةٌ لِلْقَلْبِ مَكْسَلَةٌ عَنِ الصَّلاةِ مَفْسَدَةٌ لِلْجَسَدِ.

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4. One who is cloyed by gluttony is obstructed by it from astuteness.

4. One who is cloyed by gluttony is obstructed by it from astuteness.

4 مَنْ كَظَّتْهُ الْبِطْنَةُ حَجَبَتْهُ عَنِ الْفِطْنَةِ.

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10. When the stomach gets filled with the permissible, the heart becomes blind to righteousness.

10. When the stomach gets filled with the permissible, the heart becomes blind to righteousness.

10 إذا مُلِئَ البَطْنُ مِنَ الْمُباحِ عَمِيَ الْقَلْبُ عَنِ الصَّلاحِ.

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